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The sight of Sarah Teather in her constituency office in Willesden, north west London, challenges any notion that all MPs lead privileged and glamorous lives. The MP in charge of Liberal Democrat housing policy is sitting, almost buried amid papers and clutter, in a dingy store room-cum-office.
Despite tough economic times, the Orange County Fair is thinking big -- including a 3D brain exhibit with 'Weird Al' Yankovic. Workers carefully placed fake flowers in front of the Budweiser vendor. Others painted tables black and glued twine on the edges to give them a western look. Chicken Charlie, purveyor of fried delicacies, prepared to debut deep-fried pizza bites.
Sunday Senior Meal every third Sunday at Clarinda Regional Health Center The Clarinda Senior Center hosts a “Sunday Senior Meal” event at noon every third Sunday of the month at the Clarinda Regional Health Center, 823 S. 17th St. The meal is served in the conference rooms. Cost is $4.50. Space is limited. For reservations, please call Dwylah Carpenter at (712) 542-5879. Reservations must be ...
By Ransdell Pierson
THE PARLOUR CARS Amtrak runs on the Coast Starlight are former Santa Fe Railroad cars that feature luxury seating and a movie theater on the lower level.
EMMY KAPLAN will be able to feature music at her Broadway restaurant. Robbi Pengelly/Index-Tribune Emmy Kaplan got her music, her neighbors got a little less noise and the Sonoma City Council carefully threaded a legislative needle and stitched together a use permit to govern how much of what kind of music could be performed in what manner at what hour on which days.
DETROIT (AP) — The path is now clear for General Motors Corp. to leave bankruptcy protection in record time as a leaner company that is better equipped to compete in a brutal global auto market.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A lot of people are saying this is cyber war. But if the Internet attack on U.S. Web sites was an assault by North Korea or some other foreign government, what good responses are in America’s arsenal?
I-T MANAGING EDITOR Bill Hoban in Sacramento after getting on Amtrak's California Zephyr in Davis. Tina Luster/Index-Tribune Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series.
Spot a published piece that would fit this blog? Let us know about it, at blog@gothamgazette.com It has been a perverse roller coaster ride of a day at the Capitol, full of twists and turns, charades, long-winded speeches and odd–even unbecoming–behavior by elected officials.
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